Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019

LOT 371

VACHERON CONSTANTIN MINUTE-REPEATER, BREGUET NUMERALS; 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 65,000 - 100,000

CHF 8,150 - 12,500 / USD 8,300 - 12,750

Sold: HKD 93,750

18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, thin pocket watch, champagne dial with Breguet numerals with subsidiary seconds at 6, minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 8 o’clock).


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin

Year Circa 1930-1931 and 1940

Movement No. 415 808

Calibre  17 / 18 20/ 12’’’ (ebauche by LeCoultre, Le Sentier, Vallée de Joux), lever escapement, adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions

Case No. 257 808

Diameter 48.1 mm

Signature Dial, Case and Movement

Accessories Extract from the archivies

Notes

The Extract from the Archives, dated September 2019, mentioned that this watch was manufactured in 1940. According to the manufacture’s “Livre d’Etablissement des montres à sonnerie”, the watch was delivered to Beyer, Zürich, on April 16, 1944.